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Question 1

buckle

Answer 1

v. 구부러지다(꺾여서 부러지는 느낌)

: bend or cause to bend, collapse or lose strength

cf) e.g. scaffolding buckled

Question 2

bucolic

Answer 2

a. 전원적인

= “rural”, “pastoral”, “idyllic”

: of the countryside

Question 3

budge

Answer 3

v. 살짝 움직이다 (입장을 바꾸는 것도 가능)

: move or alter position slightly

Question 4

buff

Answer 4

v. 광내다

= polish, burnish

cf) ref. varnish(광내다), glaze

Question 5

buffer

Answer 5

v. impact를 줄이다

: reduce the shock of an impact on something

Question 6

buffon

Answer 6

n. 광대

[n. buffoonery(희극)]

: clown, somebody who amuses others by clowning

Question 7

bulge

Answer 7

v. 돌출하다

= swell,protrude; protuberance

[a. bulging]

cf) ref. bulging-protuberant spike-pointed

Question 8

bumptious

Answer 8

a. 1) 오만한, 2) 자기 주장이 지나친(강압적, 거칠고, 큰소리내는)

humble

: crudely or loudly assertive, aggressive, arogant

Question 9

burlesque

Answer 9

n. 풍자, 조롱

= satire

: mockery by ludicrous imitation

Question 10

burrow

Answer 10

n,v. 1) (작은 동물들이 만든) 토끼굴 2) 숨다

: a hole or tunnel dug in the ground by a small animal; hide

Question 11

by no means

Answer 11

adv. (방법이 없다) not으로 처리

: certainly not, not at all

Question 12

bypass

Answer 12

n,v. 우회하다 (좋은 것, 나쁜 것에 둘 다 쓰일 수 있음)

= detour

: avoid a place by traveling around it, avoid an obstacle or problem, avoid a standard procedure

Question 13

byzantine

Answer 13

a. 1) 곡선 2) 교활한(권모술수)

: highly complicated, intricate and devious

cf) straightforward

Question 14

cache

Answer 14

v,n. (감춰져 있어서 안보임) 가려서 저장하다

: a hidden store

Question 15

cajole

Answer 15

v. 감언이설로 꼬드기다

= “blandish”, “coax”

[n. cajolery]

: persuade somebody to do something by flattery

Question 16

calamitous

Answer 16

a. 재앙의

[n. calamity]

: causing or involving calamity or catastrophe, disastrous

Question 17

calcify

Answer 17

v. (석회화하다->)굳는다, (+사람) 보수적이다

[n. calcification]

: make or become stony, make or become inflexible and unchanging

Question 18

callous

Answer 18

a. 무감각한, 무감정한

sympathetic

: having calluses, emotionally hardened, unfeeling, heartless

cf) e.g. 마음이 굳어져서 불쌍한 게 불쌍한 건 줄 모르는

Question 19

callow

Answer 19

a. 미숙한

mature

: young and inexperienced

cf) calloM<>Mature

Question 20

calumny

Answer 20

n. (명예훼손) 거짓 비방

= “slander”,” defamation”, “aspersion”, “libel”

[v. calumniate(비방하다), a. calumnious]

Question 21

camaraderie

Answer 21

n. 동료애(같은 처지에 있는 사람들이 느끼는)

: friendship, a feeling of close friendship and trust among a particular group of people

Question 22

cameo

Answer 22

n. 단역 출연, 작은 조각

leading role

: brief appearance, small sculpture, figurine

cf) ref. cameo-sculpture knoll-hill

Question 23

canard

Answer 23

n. (근거 없는)뻥

: an unfounded of false, deliberately misleading story

Question 24

cantankerous

Answer 24

a . 쉽게 화내는

= “bilious”, “peevish”, “prickly”

: ill-tempered and quarrelsome, disagreeable, difficult to handle

Question 25

capitulate

Answer 25

v. (조건부로 항복하다) 저항하다

resist, oppose

: surrender, especially under specified conditions